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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Solomon view his carpentry work under Myers?
(a) As an escape from Tibeats.
(b) As an opportunity to escape from the area.
(c) As an escape from the ordinary.
(d) As a learning experience.

2. Based on the description that Solomon wrote, what did his room at Williams' Pen Slave Pen resemble?
(a) A warehouse.
(b) A hide-out.
(c) A prison cell.
(d) A shed.

3. Which adjective pair best described Solomon, his brother, and father?
(a) Fun-loving and fair.
(b) Critical and respectable.
(c) Generous and hardworking.
(d) Hardworking and respectable.

4. What circumstances allowed Solomon Northrup to be born a free man?
(a) Solomon's father was a free man.
(b) Solomon had been born in Canada, and his family had migrated to the United States.
(c) Solomon was born after the United States Civil War.
(d) Solomon's mother was a free woman.

5. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?
(a) Because he wanted to become rich and famous.
(b) Because there was widespread interest in the 12 years that he had spent in slavery.
(c) Because he had always kept a journal about events in his life.
(d) Because no one had written a book about a free man subjected to slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fact that William Ford was willing to buy Eliza's child, Emily, from slave dealer Theophilus Freeman say about Ford?

2. How did Freeman's customers view the idea of buying slaves from the same family?

3. How did Radburn treat Solomon following the beating by Burch?

4. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

5. Why did Chapin send for Ford when he was the overseer of Ford's Plantation?

(see the answer key)

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